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A podcast focussed on Star Wars Unlimited TCG, because that’s just what the world needs. But this time, it’s from Sweden, the land of coffee, moose and flat pack furniture.
The podcast The Nordic Takedown: A Star Wars Unlimited Podcast is created by Captain's Deck Productions. The podcast and the artwork on this page are embedded on this page using the public podcast feed (RSS).
Jonah and Adam talk about everything related to attending bigger tournaments! Planning your travel & accommodation, prepping your deck and tips for the tournament day! (We also take a look at the new announced PQ dates!!)
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Jason and Gustav take a dep dive into how to master the limited format of draft in Star Wars Unlimited.
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Viktor, Jonah and Adam talk about all the new and shiny things, rules cracking packs, building decks with the new set and all that jazz. This really is the JTL fun hour, come join us!
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Jonah, Adam and Jason celebrate a year in your ears and mark our first birthday as a podcast! We take a look back at our journey so far then a look forward to this weekends pre-release for Jump to Lightspeed.
If you have missed it. we open a pre-release pack and build a deck and filmed it for YouTube. Find it here.
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Today, at the tail end, or dare we say twilight, of the Twilight of the Republic Meta we look forward to the upcoming pre-release of Jump to Lightspeed. We discuss the leaders and competitive strategies going into your set 4 pre-release. Also, we look back on what defined the experience of the meta we have played in these last months, reminisce about all the memorable moments we’ve had, as well as try to give our final verdicts on what it was like overall.
Also in this episode, Viktor finally reveals the Official Unofficial Nordic Takedown Nordic Player Rankings of SWU players in the nordics player nordic nordic player ranking Nordic… yeah whatever that is, listen in and you’ll learn.
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Jonah, Adam, and guest Jakob Hultman talk all about the Oslo PQ. Everything from Tarkintown decks to Jakob's innovative Jango Green and Allan's Obi-Wan Blue with Pau City!And Adam talks us through how he became the first Nordic player with 2 PQ wins!
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Stockholm PQ Takedown Breakdown - Adam takes down the Swedish PQ, Victor very much didn't and Tobias did quite well... listen in and find out just how it went down at Alphaspel
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Jonah, Viktor and friend of the podcast Gustav "Gekelund" talk about JTL spoilers and all about sideboarding! Do you build your deck as 60 cards and maindeck for the expected meta? Or do you find some niche answers to patch up your decks weaknesses? Maybe both!
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What doesn't this episode have? We talk PQs, the Manatorsk Showdown, the Judge program, an interview with Finnish PQ winner Kevin, judge calls to look out for, and just a good time!
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This week we welcome back Tobias Lind to the podcast to talk about the Twin Suns format and how you can get the most enjoyment from the game of Star Wars Unlimited. We talk about our experiences, and how to start building a Twin Suns Deck.
Jason is also guesting on the Holocron Card Hub stream, the no.1 German SWU channel. Tune in here on the 5th Feb, 2025 at 20.15. https://youtube.com/live/0zr9OuxLubc?feature=share
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Adam, Jonah, and Steven talk about their experience at the recent Planetary Qualifier in Copenhagen, what went right and what went 'really' wrong.
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Viktor, Jonah and Jason chat TTI League success, PQ preparation and a response to the Vegas PQ that we felt was important to say. #communityfirst
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Adam and Viktor talk about Star Wars Unlimited in 2025 and their new year resolutions within their SWU game-play.
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The regular crew get together to reminisce about the year gone by, and what we look forward to in the next year of Star Wars Unlimited. This is a holiday special you won't feel embarrassed about...
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(gonna make a supersonic [...player...] of you!)
Jonah and Viktor talk about the excitement of the 4th set, Jump to Lightspeed, and why they are looking forward to it so much!
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Adam, Viktor and Jason discuss their week (or 2) in the competitive world of SWU, and we discuss the advantages of sharing your deck lists with others to help you win.
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Adam and Jason discuss all the happenings of the recent tournament at Manatorsk in Skövde, and what a success it was! Tune in to find out! all this while Jason freaks out about his own upcoming milestone.
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Jason, Viktor, and Adam discuss their preparation as well as some of the meta decks for this weekend's Catina Brawl 2 at Manatorsk in Skövde, our home arena.
There are still tickets available! https://manatorskeventcalender.eventcalendarapp.com/u/33064/329364
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In this chilled-out episode we openly discuss the decks we have been playing, and what is looking good in the meta... and Fun Daddy even hits us with some SWU wisdom that is worth listening out for... it must be time for the Nordic Takedown Podcast!
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Adam, Jonah and Viktor talk about how to make the most out of all the new possibilities for deckbuilding now that we both have a ton of brand new cards as well as no Boba Fett to stifle our groove. How do you get from a fun combo or busted card to a complete table worthy deck.
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We discuss our pre-release victories, losses, and experiences with the new cards and the decks we want to use them in. We also examine the second-hand market as we approach TWI's release weekend and see what we can expect.
NOTE: This was recorded on Nov-4, before the news of Boba Fett's suspension. Stay tuned for next week's episode where we will look more closely at that announcement.
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We report the news about the GS in Las Vegas as well as Manatorsk in Skövdes Cantina Brawl 2 prize pool. We talk about what new cards excite us about old decks as well as some brand new decks, but most of all we talk about leaders and cards to look out for in your pre-release pool.
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Jason, Jonah, and Adam discuss their favourite upcoming cards and the decks they want to build with the new leaders coming in the next set of Star Wars Unlimited.
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Jonah and Viktor talk to Pontus, from Västerås about the problem with Boba Fett decks and how we can deal with them... not before we have our usual Takedown catch up and banter.
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Jason, Adam and Jonah talk Essen, PQ preparation, catch up on leader spoilers and round up showdown season.
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Adam and Victor discuss price developments of the second hand market of both Spark of Rebellion and Shadows of the Galaxy. Not before the Showdown Takedown breakdown of the recent week. Join our discord and support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/TheNordicTakedown https://discord.gg/DVsCZuy5pV https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCROTc7GfJi4rZwmmV_6qj0Q https://x.com/nordictakedown
Jonah, Victor and Adam discuss how to read your local meta for the current showdown season to help you prepare for your next store showdown.
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Jason and Viktor catch up with Mattias, our regular rules guru, host and the head judge of the SWU Open in Malmö.
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It's time to start getting excited for Twilight of the Republic! We cover the new leaders spoiled this week, in this episode that we had a lot of fun recording. We also introduce Viktor, our returning guest host who makes his debut on the cast!
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The 3 hosts talk about how we performed, our wins, our losses, and dipped our toes into the meta of the weekend after the biggest SWU tournament in the Nordics so far!
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We welcome Earandil (Hugo) from the French community to talk about his Hero Boba Blue deck and talk about why it works really really well. Fun daddy is also back and reports on his draft shenanigans, and we update on our preparations for SWU Open in Malmö this weekend.
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Adam and Jonah discuss budget and niche decks they have seen out there. Also, don't forget to check out our new playmat for sale. Join our discord to see and find out how to order!
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Adam and Jonah look at the Spoilers for Twilight of the Republic that we have seen so far and give their take on the excitement building for Set 3. Roger, roger!
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The hosts discuss their successes and issues with decks they are building right now moving into the Shadows of the Galaxy meta.
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Jason and Adam catch up on life with the decks we are working on and discuss how we should best prepare for big tournaments with our huge lifestyle differences.
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Jason and Mattias discuss 13 common mistakes people make in SWU and the correct rulings. We challenge you to not learn anything at all!
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We round off our 4 episode series where we discuss each aspect in turn in retrospect of the Spark of Rebellion set and looking forward to what is to come in the Shadows of the Galaxy... next up; Cunning.
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Mattias, Jonah and Jason breakdown their first impression of the new set now we have managed to get their grubby hands on more new cards.
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We welcome Marcus and Samir, two of the organizers from Malmö game week, and find out why this event is such a big deal!
Interested in being a judge for the SWU Open? Email Marcus: [email protected] Book your tickets here
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Jan returns with a report on his Showdown success with Palpatine, and we continue our 4 episode series where we discuss each aspect in turn in retrospect of the Spark of Rebellion set and look forward to what is to come in the Shadows of the Galaxy... next up; Aggression
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We continue our 4 episode series where we discuss each aspect in turn in restrospect of the Spark of Rebellion set and looking forward to what is to come in the Shadows of the Galaxy... next up; Command
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The hosts start a new 4 episode series where we discuss each aspect in turn in restrospect of the Spark of Rebellion set and looking forward to what is to come in the Shadows of the Galaxy... first up; Vigilance!
And we finally have our new logo!
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This bumper episode is the first with all 4 host on, talking about our recent experiences with Store Showdowns and what we think can be done better in the future by FFG.
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Imsohumble (Adam) and The Norwegian (Jonah) discuss the recent Store Showdown in Skövde as well as diving into the countless new cards being spoiled... no, you're being spoiled!
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Adam, Mattias, and returning guest Jonah the Norwegian talk about their underrated and favorite cards before diving into the big pile of spoilers FFG has released in the last few weeks.
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Adam and Mattias welcome the first Nordic Showdown champion, Jonah to talk about his win in norway, as well as the other 2 tournaments that Adam travelled the country for last weekend. Expect gaming changing tips, fun and... more moose :)
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Jason, new host Mattias and Adam discuss the deck architypes in the context of SWU and how we can prepare to face our less favourable match ups. We also look at the wide open meta, how Chirrut and IG88 is taking Sweden by storm as well as upcoming Store Showdowns and events in Sweden.
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Jason and Adam welcome Tobias Lind (@tobias_tcg) onto the podcast to talk about his journey into the game, and his experience with his Chirrut deck that took him all the way to TTS League glory in its first season. Great advice and insights are guaranteed!
We also introduce our Patreon, and new Discord, and give our verdict on this week's new SOTG Spoilers.
Adam invites two of his Destiny buddies. Tobi and Jan, to talk about moving over from one FFG TCG to another. (While Jason went to play draft... )
Humble and Fun Daddy discuss starting to build a Star Wars Unlimited deck by randomly choosing a Leader and a Base then making the best calls they can live on recording. We take you through our thought process, what we'd do different and where to go from there.
We also discuss the FFG announcement about the set 1 stock reprint... and who can forget... how's chewie?
Humble and "Fun daddy" (aka The Captain) discuss the weekend's antics in at the 22 person tournament in Skövde, Sweden as Krennic takes the crown and IG88 surprises the meta!
We also discuss the recent spoilers for Shadows of the Galaxy, as well as the stock stortages and price hikes.
And not to forget the Chewie update of the week... Miss it, miss out!
DId you know that there are more leaders than just Boba Fett, Iden Versio and Sabine Wren... we were told this, so decided to have a look....
This week we look at a few other leaders that haven't been in the limelight in the first few weeks of the game. Tarkin and Jyn Erso take the limelight this week, but not before we have some 'Price is Right' fun, and get and update on Jason's Chewbacca journey.
Humble and Captain take a look at the latest National tournament where 220 people got together to play SWU. We breakdown the meta, not only in the *cough* diverse top 8, but also the decks that did well that weren't bounty hunters...
Jason and Adam discuss the results of the 90+ person SWU tournament in Poland where Krennic takes the win, as well as other underdog decks. We also discuss the Grand Inquisitor designer deck that was posted on the official website before *trying* to discuss our favourite common cards we try to get into all our decks. All in all a really fun episode for lovers of the game!
Adam and Jason reflect on their release weekend, talk about the rising market in Europe and dream of decks they want to build in the future. This is just the beginning!
The Captain (Jason) and Humble (Adam) introduce ourselves and talk about our own experience with the pre-release last weekend.
En liten tjänst av I'm With Friends. Finns även på engelska.